OT 150 - Therapeutic Use of Self

• articulate an understanding of the importance of the history and philosophical base of the profession of occupational therapy through a personal philosophy of helping; 
• demonstrate therapeutic use of including one’s personality, insights, perceptions, and assumptions as part of the therapeutic process in both individual and group interaction utilizing therapeutic interpersonal techniques of attending, responding, questioning, and disclosing;
• describe and exhibit strategies to build therapeutic relationships including empathy, trust, and respect which are reflective of occupational therapy principles and values;
• describe consumer, provider, cultural, social, environmental, and other contextual barriers to therapeutic closeness and how practitioners can overcome those barriers;
• develop personal guidelines for the therapeutic use of attending, responding, questioning, and disclosing;
• articulate the therapeutic use of groups including types of groups; appropriate application of groups in treatment and rehabilitation settings; the benefits and limitations of group modalities; strategies for designing and conducting groups; and teaching-learning strategies to enhance learning through group process; and
• develop an occupational therapy treatment or rehabilitation group session that will effectively address participant goals and program objectives related to quality of life, well-being, occupation, health, or injury prevention, considering contexts (cultural, physical, social, personal, etc.).